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to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
the bomb detonated with a thunder that could be heard for blocks in all directions
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Recent Examples of detonated
Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
In the teaser’s final seconds, the clip shifts from sepia-tinted to full-color, and the shipping container is detonated and exploded.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
The eight-part series tells the stories of five people whose worlds collide when a bomb is detonated at a peaceful Māori protest against a license to mine a sacred site.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
Two days later, a shell landed in his trench and detonated, tearing off his leg.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
The upcoming season picks up after the events of the Season 1 finale, which ended with a bang — literally — after a bomb is detonated in central London.
—Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
In an Israeli intelligence operation, Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies laced with explosives were detonated last month, killing at 37 people and injuring nearly 3,000.
—Byjason Ma, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024
Once detonated over the target, the droplets would form an infectious cloud that would sink upon the unsuspecting victims below.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
The bomb that exploded on Wednesday, however, detonated before it could be found, causing concern but fortunately no casualties.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2024
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On May 22, 2017, minutes after Grande’s live performance concluded at the UK’s Manchester Arena, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in the arena’s foyer.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
In the teaser’s final seconds, the clip shifts from sepia-tinted to full-color, and the shipping container is detonated and exploded.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
The eight-part series tells the stories of five people whose worlds collide when a bomb is detonated at a peaceful Māori protest against a license to mine a sacred site.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
Two days later, a shell landed in his trench and detonated, tearing off his leg.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
The upcoming season picks up after the events of the Season 1 finale, which ended with a bang — literally — after a bomb is detonated in central London.
—Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
In an Israeli intelligence operation, Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies laced with explosives were detonated last month, killing at 37 people and injuring nearly 3,000.
—Byjason Ma, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2024
Once detonated over the target, the droplets would form an infectious cloud that would sink upon the unsuspecting victims below.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
The bomb that exploded on Wednesday, however, detonated before it could be found, causing concern but fortunately no casualties.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detonated
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Yet McKnight says these orbiting specters of exploded shells might not represent the greatest danger to spacefarers and space habitats.Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Enlarge / An exploded view of Magna's bimatrix projector.Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
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Harris was also featured in fake ads that popped up in Philadelphia last month.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Now’s your chance, because the picturesque Northern California lodge where the late author and journalist Jack London loved to blissfully while away his days has just popped up for sale.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
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Second, no one is offering to rebuild the blasted towns and villages of southern Lebanon when this is over, the way the oil-rich Gulf States did after the last major war with Israel, in 2006.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable.Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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Only her car, found abandoned by two hunters on a rural roadside the next morning, and her two smashed cell phones, discovered near a neighbor's house, remained.Gemma Schneider, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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And photos obtained by the Daily Mail alleged to be of his hotel room showed what appears to be extensive drug paraphernalia and a smashed television.Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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